Bariba, also known as Baatonum (also Baatombu, Baatonu, Barba, Barganchi, Bargawa, Bargu, Baruba, Berba, Bogung, and Burgu) is the language of the Bariba people of Benin and Nigeria and had been the language of the state of Borgu. It is not closely related to other languages.

Bariba is a tone language.[3] Tonal patterns in Bariba have been claimed to present a challenge to the Two-Feature Model of tonal phonology.[4]